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Archives for July 2011
Because You Have to Laugh at These Guys…
What I saw when down in NY to pick up my Chinese visa:* In these days, when one of our major political parties has come to resemble nothing so much as a fifth column seeking to undermine the United States from within…perhaps a little snark is warranted. Not to mention a tip of the hat …
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Open Thread
Hot as hell today, I was on the road and stuck in construction for an hour, and my car AC is broken. I need someone to drive me around for a week so I can hang my right arm out the window and even out my tan. Making crab cakes and drinking wine in 5… …
Song of the week
You can’t go wrong with Sam Cooke. ————————- Sam Cooke, “Sugar Dumpling (Original)” (1962) Not the best week in national politics, but the weather was nice here. Gratitude for the little things. This posthumous hit from 1965 is one of my favorites by Sam Cooke. Three things to listen for: 1) the appearance of professional …
John Boehner does not ‘have’ to do anything
If Boehner’s bill dies in utero or Harry Reid kills it, does that mean he has to forge a compromise with Democrats? Not really. He can sit on his ass and sulk. He can let default happen and then pass a bunch of sense-of-the-House bills that call Obama a worthless bloody git who caused the …
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Murderous Police Brutality
ED Kain has put together a round up of press stories, disturbing pictures and a video of the brutal beating and death of a schizophrenic man at the hands of Fullerton, California police: “When I first walked into the hospital, I looked at what his mother described as my son … I didn’t recognize him,” …
A brief explanation
I don’t know a thing about the 14th Amendment and the debt ceiling, but this seems to make sense: Some Democrats in Congress, including Steny Hoyer, have called for President Barack Obama to invoke the 14th Amendment to resolve the debt ceiling crisis. What they don’t realize is that Obama has already invoked it in …